The Authority shall circulate the draft assessment report received from the rapporteur Member State to the applicant and the other Member States within 30 days from its receipt. Where within this 30-day period the Authority does not receive the dossier provided for in Article 6(1) it shall circulate that report as soon as it receives that dossier.

The period for the submission of written comments to the Authority from Member States and the applicant shall be 2 months.

The Authority shall make the draft assessment report available to the public, excluding any information in respect of which confidential treatment has been requested and justified by the applicant in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 91/414/EEC.

It shall grant a period of 2 weeks to the applicant to request confidential treatment.